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Sell anywhere easily, quickly, and seamlessly.
Hardware and POS systems designed to sell anywhere.
Secure payments anywhere your customers are.
In-store pickup, online ordering , delivery, and shipment options .
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Manage and streamline operations across multiple locations, sales channels, and employees to improve efficiency and your bottom line.
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How to solve it with Square
((1)) Diversify revenue
Diversify your revenue by opening up new streams .
Track profit margins with inventory management and reporting capabilities.
Integrate orders, items , and inventory from your POS to your website .
((2)) Manage cash flow
Access your money when you make it with Square Checking .
Automatically set aside a percentage of every sale for taxes or for a rainy day.
Get loan offers based on your card sales through Square.
((3)) Reach customers
Increase customer loyalty and value with centralized customer data and insights .
((4)) Advanced reporting
Get powerful data to make confident decisions.
((5)) Manage your team
Optimize your team ’ s shifts .
Autocalculate tips and commissions .
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Integrate Square with your business software or website using Square APIs for payments , commerce , customers , staff , and merchants .
Integrations
Connect Square payment hardware to your business software using Terminal API , Reader SDK , and POS API .
Apps
Use our prebuilt, vetted partner integrations in the Square App Marketplace .
Help
Hire a Square specialist to customize how Square works for you .
APIs
Integrate Square with your business software or website using Square APIs for payments , commerce , customers , staff , and merchants .
Integrations
Connect Square payment hardware to your business software using Terminal API , Reader SDK , and POS API .
Apps
Use our prebuilt, vetted partner integrations in the Square App Marketplace .
Help
Hire a Square specialist to customize how Square works for you .
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Square has solutions for businesses of all sizes . Our connected tools are built to scale with future-focused, connected tools. Enhanced, customer-friendly experiences help build deeper data and better customer relationships. And our open platform means you can connect to prebuilt integrations or build out your own with our APIs. Learn how Square works with larger, more complex businesses .
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Merchant services is an all-encompassing term that describes the hardware, software, and financial services needed for a business to accept and process payments — credit cards, debit cards, NFC-enabled mobile wallets, and other contactless payments — both online and in-store. Just getting started and need a simple way to take payments? Your first Square Reader for magstripe is free when you sign up for an account. Additional readers are $10.
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Square built a suite of integrated tools to help service businesses save time so they can focus on growing revenue and delivering exceptional service to their clients. Square Appointments works for any business that needs appointment scheduling capabilities and a point-of-sale system. Use Square Invoices — a free, all-in-one invoicing solution that helps businesses request, track, and manage their invoices, estimates, and payments in one place — to get paid faster. And Square Messages is a platform designed to keep your client communication (texts, emails, receipts, invoices, feedback, checkout links, contracts , and more) in one place; you can send and receive texts online, and your clients experience more immediate customer service. Learn more about our solutions for professional services .
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Buy now, pay later, or BNPL , is a payment option that allows a customer to pay for a purchase over time in installments while merchants get paid in full. With Afterpay, Square merchants can let customers pay in four interest-free installments over six weeks.
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Square point-of-sale software and suite of tools make it easy to sell in person, online, over the phone, or out in the field. As your business evolves, you can quickly add tools that help your business, from managing team members to adding devices and locations, all with a couple of taps. You can also track customers’ preferences and purchases to create more personalized marketing and loyalty programs to keep them coming back more often. We stand out with best-in-class hardware and an all-in-one platform. See how we stack up against Shopify, Toast, Gusto, Vagaro, and others with a feature-by-feature comparison . Or hear what our customers have to say about Square on our review page .
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Square strives to provide the best hardware, software, and resources to support you in every stage of your journey, whether you’re a first-time business owner or a seasoned entrepreneur. Brush up on your basics with our business glossary , which covers everything from front of house to payroll . Explore our publication for modern business leaders, The Bottom Line , for the latest trends, insights, and strategies. Find tips and tricks, videos, and articles in our Support Center to help you get the most out of Square hardware and software. Need a little extra help? Our team is ready to support you via phone, email, Facebook, or Twitter.
Square Checking is provided by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Square Debit Card is issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Mastercard International Incorporated, and may be used wherever Mastercard is accepted. Accounts are FDIC-insured up to $250,000.
Square, the Square logo, Square Financial Services, Square Capital, and others are trademarks of Block, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Square Financial Services, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Block, Inc.
All loans are issued by Square Financial Services, Inc., a Utah-Chartered Industrial Bank. Member FDIC. Actual fee depends upon payment card processing history, loan amount and other eligibility factors. A minimum payment of 1/18th of the initial loan balance is required every 60 days and full loan repayment is required within 18 months. Loan eligibility is not guaranteed. All loans are subject to credit approval.